The Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Clare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association for the second tier hurling teams in the county of Clare in Ireland.
| Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship | |
|---|---|
| Irish | Craobh Idirmhéanach Iománaíochta Co. an Chláir |
| Founded | 1927 |
| Title holders |  Corofin (3rd title) |
| Most titles |  Broadford (8 titles) |
The series of games are played during the summer and autumn months with the county final currently being played at Cusack Park. The championship includes a group stage which is followed by a knock-out phase for the top teams. There is also promotion involving the Clare Senior Hurling Championship and relegation involving the Clare Junior Hurling Championship.
In 2012 it was decided that from 2014 onwards the Clare Senior Hurling Championship would become a single sixteen team championship. This meant that five clubs would lose their senior status and be relegated down to intermediate. However due to the overwhelming success of both the Clare Senior and Under-21 inter-county squads in 2013, the culling of the senior hurling championship was postponed for twelve months. 2014 saw the relegation of Broadford, Doora-Barefield, Ruan, Scariff and Wolfe Tones down to intermediate for the 2015 season.
The 2023 Intermediate Champions are Corofin who defeated Sixmilebridge by 0-18 to 0-14 to win their third title at this grade and return to senior ranks for 2023.
Roll Of Honour edit
| # | Club | Wins | Years won |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Broadford
|
8 | 1941, 1947, 1974, 1981, 1997, 2003, 2008, 2019[1] |
| 2. |  Whitegate
|
7 | 1939 (as Mountshannon), 1942 (as Mountshannon), 1959, 1984, 1992, 2009, 2013 |
| 3. |  Bodyke
|
5 | 1932, 1936, 1946, 1969, 1996 |
 Clonlara
|
1928, 1975, 1989, 1999, 2007 | ||
| O'Callaghan's Mills
|
1929 (as Kilkishen), 1933, 1935 (as Kilkishen), 1968, 1977 | ||
 Ruan
|
1940, 1948, 1950 (with Dysart), 1978, 2012 | ||
| Sixmilebridge
|
1951, 1957 (as Cappa), 1971, 1988, 1990 | ||
| 8. |  Cratloe
|
4 | 1937, 1943, 1970, 1994 |
| Éire Óg, Ennis
|
1927 (as Ennis Rovers), 1945 (as Ennis Faughs), 1958 (as St. John's, Ennis), 2011 | ||
 Feakle
|
1930, 1973, 2014, 2018 | ||
 St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield
|
1985, 1993, 2016, 2022[2] | ||
| 12. |  Clooney-Quin
|
3 | 1934 (as Clooney), 1986 (as Clooney), 2006 |
| Corofin
|
1991, 2002, 2023[3] | ||
| Crusheen
|
1960, 1987, 2000 | ||
 Scariff
|
1938, 1982, 2020[4] | ||
| 16. | Ballyea
|
2 | 1944, 2001 |
| Our Lady's Mental Hospital, Ennis | 1952 | ||
| Inagh-Kilnamona
|
2005 (as Inagh), 1998 (as Kilnamona) | ||
| Kilmaley
|
1980, 2017 | ||
 Smith O'Brien's, Killaloe
|
2004, 2021[5] | ||
| Tubber
|
1972, 1976 | ||
| Wolfe Tones, Shannon
|
1983, 2015 | ||
| 22. |  Clarecastle
|
1 | 1931 |
 Killanena
|
2010 | ||
| Newmarket-on-Fergus
|
1967 | ||
| Ogonnelloe
|
1995 | ||
 Parteen-Meelick
|
1956 (as Parteen) | ||
 Tulla
|
1979 |
- When Ennis Dalcassians won the 1943 Clare Junior Football Championship, they offered an opportunity to players from fellow junior club, Doora-Barefield, to join with them and enter the Clare Senior Football Championship as the Ennis Faughs. They went on to win four senior football titles in 1947, 1948, 1952 and 1954. The Ennis Faughs also won the 1946 Clare Intermediate Football Championship, and the 1945 Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship. The Ennis Faughs disbanded in 1956.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Broadford Bask In Intermediate Glory". Clare Echo.
- ^ "The Parish Prevail In Extra-Time Over Tulla To Seal Senior Return". Clare Echo.
- ^ "Corofin Claim Intermediate Hurling Title For The Third Time". Clare Echo.
- ^ "Scariff's Intermediate Success Magical Says McKenna". Clare Echo.
- ^ "Smith O'Brien's Climb Back To Clare Senior Ranks". Irish Examiner.